LIL’ PAL O’ MINE
Just a wee remembrance
Of a little child so fair,
From Dad, who coaxed himself away
To leave you over there.
Just a little thought or two,
A dream, a wish, a prayer,
For you, my little smiler Girl,
Across the sea back there.
Just a bit of Daddy love,
To you I send it all,
Your eyes, your smile, your golden hair,
Your love for “raggy doll.”
Just a little tear sometimes,
Yes, men they weaken too,
War is hard, but harder still
Is bein’ ’way from you.
E. S. E.